Some day Nintendo fans will understand that Nintendo treats its universes as piles of beloved music and iconography to be remixed and recontextualized into fun new games and not an interconnected linear narrative linked by causality But it is not this day

BlackRock aims to tokenize its top ETFs. My latest for CCN. www.ccn.com/education/cr...

Yknow I wonder if Disney's the reason for KH's long development time. Making Square Enix add songs and movies or constantly changing the plan around. Just a thought.

Got to enjoy a nice weekend in Michigan. Was very needed after recent events.

Hate to do this but money is prrretty tight right now. If my vids have brought you some enjoyment or comfort over the years and you want to see them continue, please consider pledging even a dollar a month over at patreon.com/writingongames. Sincerely, every pledge helps tremendously!

Only #Yakuza0 can turn a kid chasing a dirty mag into a wholesome moment.

Turning 30 soon. It's crazy how none of the boomer predictions came true. 1. You'll become more republican as you get older. Nope. Complete opposite. 2. You'll grow out of video games. Nope. Love em more than ever. 3. Your friends won't matter by then. Nope. Friends are more important than ever.

I am organizing multiple workshops this week for Chicago activists and organizers as we prepare for a possible military occupation of our city. I am tired but moving fast.

One of the projects I'm working on is currently delayed, so I remain open to contract work. Pay me human money for: - Game writing and editing - Narrative design - Technical, systems, narrative, economy or general game design consulting on a variety of topics - Un-spaghetti your Ink - Storylets

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight might be the most exciting Lego game because of how long we are going without a full Arkham game. @johnhansen.bsky.social talks about his surprise anticipation of the game. www.gamesandwich.com/lego-batman-...

The Neon White cringe to wildly compelling dialogue pipeline should be studied

Okay last #NeonWhite clip this game plays incredibly!

Okay, the Neon White dialogue is getting much better. Starting to feel like the cringe was a bit on purpose

Really liking #NeonWhite so far but some of the dialogue is so cringey man. Calling people simps and stuff. It's like I'm watching a tiktok. But the story has you parkouring through heaven and the gameplay looks like this.

Playing some #Neonwhite... this game's dialogue is something else, but the gameplay is fantastic.

The Metroid Prime Hunters video is out on Nebula! I'm just finalizing some things before it heads to YouTube, but in the meantime, watching on Nebula supports me directly. Thanks! nebula.tv/videos/liamt...

Have never related to something more

Also just finished Chapter 6 in #yakuza0 and man this shit is getting so good. Im eating this soap opera up.

Aura

Playing Yakuza 0 for the first time and Kiryu is constantly going through an emotional crisis

Last week, @clickin.bsky.social, @amusemeforever.bsky.social, and myself did a week's worth of gaming news writing work for GamesHub, and it all turned out to be a scam. We recorded a video talking about everything we experienced. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpFF...

I unfortunately fell for a scam of a job post on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/johnha...

Hey, look at this thing I did because I'm a real writer who can actually cover the games industry! Talking to Mathieu Cote was a blast!

Hey, all who work in games media. An old colleague and I were writing for a site called GamesHub for the past week. Turns out the project is a scam and is using AI writers to push gambling content. If you're ever approached by Lee Astley for GamesHub, stay far, far away.

New Substack post! We dive into last week's biggest Steam games by copies sold. I also chatted to the developer behind viral PvP mage hit Mage Arena (#6). The gimmick is that you shoot spells via shouting them into your mic (''Fireball!'') for example. The feature was inspired by a Tumble meme

New video about the Mother series is out now! You are loved. Thumbnail by @hotcyder.bsky.social, edited (in part) by @clickin.bsky.social, link in replies!

New video on the Game Boy Advance Metroid games! I hope you enjoy! youtu.be/VplT_Tin7n0 Thumbnail by @hotcyder.bsky.social! Edited by @clickin.bsky.social!

Quora is truly hilarious sometimes

An emerging threat to your crypto wallet is zero-click attacks — you can fall victim by simply receiving a message or notification. In my latest for CoinTelegraph: here's how to protect yourself from them. cointelegraph.com/explained/ze... #crypto #cryptowallet #cryptohack

The thing we learned from Web2 is that the most impactful businesses became the most impactful by optimizing for addiction. Which means we should all ask, how would you optimize generative AI for addiction? Whatever makes it the most addictive is probably what it will become.

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Lmao 🤣 savages

There are some wild Pokémon nowadays. One dude is literally a tire, and the other is a bag of trash.

Oblivion was my first ever open-world RPG. I cherish that game like no other. The remake coming soon is excellent news.

I've always heard "write first, edit later" but after ten years, I'm finally able to implement that. I write so much faster now. It's awesome.

An E-bike battery burned my house down on the first day of GDC. Seeking mutual aid from financially stable colleagues. gofund.me/47306b15

i grew up around a lot of people who are incandescent with rage at the thought of having to press 1 for English, and i’m not happy about the fact that they are the government now

Snowboarding in CO this weekend 🔥

A top Democratic congressman goes off during a DOGE hearing and calls out Elon for trying to cut Social Security. More of this please.

Late night writing is the best type of writing.

Been a while since a game captured my interest like #monsterhunterwilds I simply cannot stop thinking about it. I wish I documented my different armor sets better.

Went to the museum of ice cream today. Had an ice cream hot dog. It was bad.

Moving up in the world #monsterhunterwilds

Another day, another new armor piece. This helmet looks Soulsian. #monsterhunterwilds

Happy 25th birthday to the Sony PlayStation 2! The PS2 was first introduced in Japan on 4th March 2000. So many great games on this console. What's your favourite?